Table 2.

ICU admission rates for oesophagectomy patients

		Reasons for admission
Operation	Patients requiring ICU admission (n)	Respiratory failure†	Anastomotic leaks	Other	Deaths on ICU
Ivor-Lewis (n = 71)	12 (16.9%)	4 (5.6%)	6 (8.5%)	2 (2.8%)	3 (4.3%)
Left thoraco-abdominal (n = 15)	2 (13.3%)	1 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)*
Transhiatal (n = 12)	2 (16.7%)	1 (8.3%)	0 (0%)	1 (8.3%)	1 (8.3%)
Total (n = 98)	16 (16.3%)	6 (6.1%)	6 (6.1%)	4 (4.1%)	4 (4.1%)

^*One patient with MRSA pneumonia and chronic renal failure gradually deteriorated and died on HDU 1 month following surgery, after having initial treatment on ICU.

^†Respiratory failure due to infection or collapse.